Applications for admission are welcome throughout the year. However, the admission decision process is as follows:

Applications received by the 28 February 2019 deadline will receive a decision in May 2019.

In applying for the MA in Muslim Cultures, you must complete the application form online by clicking on the following link www.aku.edu/apply-online and providing the following via courier:

A completed and signed application form.

An official copy of your undergraduate degree and attested copies of academic transcripts. (If a document is not in English a fully certified translation must be provided. The translation must include details of the translator and confirm that it is an accurate translation of the original. It must be dated and include the original signature of the translator).

Valid proof of English proficiency:

a) The UK NARIC Statement of Comparability, if your last qualification was awarded in a majority English speaking country, which can be obtained by going to the UKNARIC website (www.naric.org.uk).

b) Or applicants, whose last qualification was not awarded in a majority English speaking country, will be required to give a UKVI Approved IELTS exam. IELTS for UKVI (Academic) tests can be booked by going to https://ieltsukvisas.britishcouncil.org.

NOTE: The test MUST be the UKVI-approved IELTS exam. You MUST submit the IELTS results to the Registrar’s Office by 30 June 2019.

Two references, submitted either directly to the Registrar’s Office (via email or courier) or along with the application in a sealed envelope(s) with the referee’s signature across the seal. Referees must be familiar with your academic and/or professional work to date. At least one referee should be familiar with your academic work. If your referees would like to submit the reference letter via email, please download the reference form from below, fill in your details and request your referees to send it directly to Registrar’s Office at ismc.registraroffice@aku.edu

Application 2019 – Reference Form.docx

Note: you can send the above documents via email as soon as you have completed your online application but all documents must be received as hard copies and postmarked by 28 February 2018.

Should you wish to appeal a decision made with regard to your application, please refer to ISMC Admissions Appeals.pdf

Further Information
For further information regarding the MA in Muslim Cultures please contact the Registrar’s office:

A number of Elphinstone PhD Scholarships are available across the arts, humanities and social sciences, linked to specific, individual research projects. These Scholarships cover the entirety of tuition fees for a PhD student of any nationality commencing full-time study in October 2015, for the three-year duration of their studies.

Islam and Ambivalence

Project 1: Muslims and non-Muslims: The “other” as a source of cultural and religious knowledge/ threat بیشتر بخوانید

PhD Studentship in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Roehampton

The University of Roehampton is pleased to invite applications to its TECHNE-funded doctoral programmes in Theology and Religious Studies. We offer expertise in Theoretical and Practical Theology as well as Religious Studies across a wide spectrum of approaches and religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism)

PhD Scholarships in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow

The College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow has announced the availability of 24 PhD scholarships for 2015/16.

Some of the key areas of research focus in the College include human rights, social justice, and refugees, asylum and migration. These are supported by the Glasgow Human Rights Network and the Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network which include a wide range of staff from a number of disciplines available to supervise PhDs. The application deadline is 2 February 2015. More information about the scholarships, including relevant subject contacts, can be found here: www.gla.ac.uk

Doctoral research fellowships in Politics and Society in the Middle East at University of Oslo

Two PhD Research Fellowships in Politics and Society in the Middle East are available at the Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo.

The persons appointed will be affiliated with the Faculty’s organized research training. The academic work is to result in a doctoral thesis that will be defended at the Faculty with a view to obtaining the degree of PhD. The successful candidates are expected to join the existing research milieu or network and contribute to its development. They will be linked to the research project The New Middle East – Emerging political and ideological trends (NewME) (see: http://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/projects/new-middle-east/index.html), and are expected to present a project relevant to the research agenda of NewME. بیشتر بخوانید